• New pub news!

    On the occasion of National Poetry Month 2026, poet Vidya Shankar and I bring to you, our book which has been almost two years in the making: Light and Line Drawings! This book is a dual-voice poetry collection exploring lives on completely different continents. Light and Line Drawings is a dialog between two poets who,…


  • Mostly Mamina…blogging from A to Z … G

    G is for Gates The stairway to our basement is a long steep flight of steps. Some days I’ve wondered if the angle the stairs made to the ground was ninety degrees. So one of the top things on our baby list was a gate. Several research hours later, (all by hubby dear) the gate…


  • Mostly Mamina…blogging from A to Z … F

    F is for First Moments The first moments of any adventure are the most promising, most unforgettable, most beautiful. New beginnings. Especially true of a new life. A few years ago, I was with a friend in the operation theater, holding her hand as we welcomed her baby into the world. One moment we were…


  • Mostly Mamina…blogging from A to Z … E

    E is for Ear infection Oh I know, this is far from a glamorous or fun topic. But then who said that parenting is only fun or glamorous? All babies go through a series of ear infections. Especially  if they go to daycare or hang around siblings who go to school. Thats the nature of…


  • Mostly Mamina. Blogging from A to Z…D

    D is for daycare. “The first day at the daycare will be a nightmare,” they said. “Don’t worry, though. It will be worse for you than for the baby, they always adjust easily.”  And they were not far off. The first part was right. The second wasn’t. It didn’t help that when we went to…